Wyartite: Crystallographic evidence for the first pentavalent-uranium mineral

American Mineralogist

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1456-1460

  Burns, Peter C ^a   Finch, Robert J ^b  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN BONDS; IONS; OXIDE MINERALS; URANIUM; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

BOND-VALENCE SUM; DIRECT METHOD; ELECTRONEUTRALITY; POLYHEDRAL GEOMETRIES; SPACE GROUPS; STRUCTURAL UNIT; URANIUM MINERALS; URANYL IONS;

CALCIUM;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; NEW MINERAL; URANIUM;

EID: 0033378279     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1999-0926     Document Type: Article

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